Boeing is a major American aerospace company that operates in the space industry through its Defense, Space & Security division. It designs, manufactures, and sells space systems, including satellites, spacecraft, and rockets, for both commercial and military applications. Boeing is a key partner with NASA, contributing to programs like the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and the development of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for crewed missions to low Earth orbit.
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A Truth in Testimony filing accompanying Doug Cooke’s prepared remarks showed that he earned more than $465,000 since the beginning of 2017 for his work with Boeing.
McCall confirmed that Boeing will not revisit its decision to not bid independently.
Boeing proposed to Northrop Grumman to jointly submit a proposal with Northrop as the prime contractor and Boeing as a principal subcontractor immediately after deciding not to bid.
Boeing believes integrating both teams would result in a 'healthy disruption' and an opportunity for innovation in digital engineering.
McCall suggested Northrop Grumman's refusal to allow Boeing on the team reflects concern that Boeing's designs may be superior.
Boeing considered a team arrangement with Aerojet but determined that Northrop Grumman had a significant risk advantage.
Northrop Grumman declined Boeing's proposal for a joint submission.
Boeing is asking the Air Force to compel Northrop Grumman to include Boeing in its bid for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program.
Earlier drafts of the RFP did not include a teaming arrangement option, but the final RFP reflected Boeing's concerns.
Frank McCall stated that if both Boeing and Northrop remain in the program, the government can better define the future of the GBSD.
Boeing decided in July 2023 not to submit a proposal due to Northrop Grumman's overwhelming advantage as the largest manufacturer of solid rocket motors.
Boeing is asking the government to enforce a teaming arrangement to produce a better weapon system sooner.
Northrop Grumman and Boeing were expected to compete to be GBSD prime contractors.
Frank McCall, vice president of Boeing Strategic Deterrence Systems, stated that Northrop Grumman considered the proposal for about a month before declining.
Boeing chose not to bid as a prime contractor because of uneven competitive advantages around solid rocket motors.
ABS canceled its ABS-8 satellite order with Boeing in 2015 after a lapse in U.S. Export-Import Bank lending.
Boeing won the WGS-11 military communications satellite order and Thales Alenia Space Italy won the Ital-GovSatCom military communications satellite order under tenders not open to the global market.
Boeing completed a successful critical design review for the O3b mPower satellites in the weeks before 2019-09-09.
Boeing used digitized technologies and 3D-printed components to shrink a 3,750-kilogram unfueled satellite to a 1,900-kilogram dry mass.
Boeing designed the 702X small GEO for a 15-year mission life.